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A dispute over an Enbridge Energy pipeline must be heard in federal court= because Michigan officials' efforts to shut down the pipeline threaten the= United States' relationship with Canada, making the case a national concer= n, the energy company has told the Sixth Circuit.

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TOP NEWS

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Enbridge Says Pipeline Fight Threatens Fo= reign Policy

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By Danielle Ferguson

A dispute over an Enbridge Energy = pipeline must be heard in federal court because Michigan officials' efforts= to shut down the pipeline threaten the United States' relationship with Ca= nada, making the case a national concern, the energy company has told the S= ixth Circuit.

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Green Orgs Fight Back On Corps' Brief In = Port Expansion Row

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By Tom Lotshaw

Conservation groups challenging th= e U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' review of a dredging project to widen shipp= ing lanes for Puerto Rico's largest port told the D.C. Circuit the agency i= s trying to paper over an inadequate analysis with arguments that focus on = post-decision developments and justifications.

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Energy Bonus Credits' Labor Rules Set Bar= Too High, IRS Told

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By Kat Lucero

Complying with proposed IRS labor = rules that are critical in claiming the 2022 climate law's bonus tax credit= s will be challenging for project owners, stakeholders told the agency Tues= day, citing hurdles such as daunting record-keeping requirements and unclea= r construction start dates.

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Coast Guard Contractor Settles $1M Dredgi= ng Dispute

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By Jonathan Capriel

A military contractor and subcontr= actor have settled their dispute over a contract to dredge a waterway in No= rth Carolina for the U.S. Coast Guard after the subcontractor said Joint Fo= rces Construction failed to pay it over $1 million for its work and the con= tractor said Carolina Marine Structures cost it $700,000 by doing a bad pos= t-work survey.

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Fast Food CEO Says Work Stalled After He = Spurned Pol's Firm

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By Celeste Bott

The top executive of one of the co= untry's largest fast food franchisees testified Tuesday that he felt constr= uction on a Chicago Burger King he was remodeling was shut down because he = hadn't followed up with city Alderman Ed Burke about hiring his law firm an= d that work resumed after the company took steps to give Burke legal busine= ss.

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Real Estate Rumors: BridgeCity, Pittenger= , Western Bank

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By Andrew McIntyre

BridgeCity Capital is said to have= loaned $44 million for a Brooklyn residential project, former U.S. Rep. Ro= bert Miller Pittenger has reportedly sold a Charlotte, North Carolina, mans= ion for a record $7.6 million, and Western Bank is said to have lent $27 mi= llion for a Florida project.

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2 Real Estate Attorneys Join Moye White I= n Denver

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By Brent Godwin

Two attorneys with deep experience= in real estate and construction law are now partners in Moye White's Denve= r office, the firm said.

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Ex-Trump Org Exec Says He 'Gave Up' Amid = Fraud Probes

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By Stewart Bishop

A former Trump Organization execut= ive testified in the former president's New York civil fraud trial Tuesday = that he had to leave his position after getting caught up in the government= investigations swirling around his former boss, but denied that he intenti= onally and fraudulently overvalued Donald Trump's real estate empire to giv= e him a leg up in business deals.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Attorneys Have An Ethical Duty To Protect= The Judiciary

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The tenor of public disagreement a= nd debate has become increasingly hostile against judges, and though the le= gislative branch is trying to ameliorate this safety gap, lawyers have a mo= ral imperative and professional requirement to stand with judges in defusin= g attacks against them and their rulings, says Deborah Winokur at Cozen O'C= onnor.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Approach The Bench: Judge Villaseñor= On Midtrial Jury Talks

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Colorado state Judge Juan Villase&= #241;or had been on the bench for only about a year when an attorney in a m= edical malpractice trial he was presiding over asked him to restrict when t= he jury could discuss the case.

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Muslim Org. Asks ABA Not To Alter Israel-= Hamas Statement

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By Andrea Keckley

The National Association of Muslim= Lawyers called on the American Bar Association late Monday to resist press= ure to change a previous statement on the Israel-Hamas war — which ca= lled the killing of Israeli and Palestinian civilians violations of interna= tional law — after NAML says it obtained messages showing pro-Israel = legal professionals criticizing the ABA's response to the hostilities.

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NC Justice Can't Halt Probe Into Diversit= y Comments

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By Hayley Fowler

A federal judge said late Tuesday = that he won't yet intervene in a North Carolina judicial watchdog's investi= gation of state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls, finding the matter is be= tter left to first play out administratively before the federal court gets = involved.

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McElroy Deutsch Says Stolen Funds Paid F= or Ex-Execs' Home

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By Rose Krebs

McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Car= penter LLP has told a New Jersey state court judge it will be able to show = that two former firm executives used embezzled funds to purchase their mill= ion-dollar home, with the firm asking for restrictions to remain in place o= n the property during its civil case.

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Jordan Subpoenas Del. Prosecutor In Hunte= r Biden Probe

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By Courtney Bubl=E9

House Judiciary Committee Chairman= Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, issued a subpoena Tuesday for Lesley Wolf, an assistan= t U.S. attorney in Delaware, for information about her role in the federal = investigation of the president's son Hunter Biden that he claims has been m= ishandled.

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California Man Cops To Theft Of $1.2M Fro= m Law Firm

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By Lauren Berg

A 42-year-old California man pled = guilty Monday to bank fraud after he embezzled close to $1.2 million from t= he San Francisco-based law firm where he worked as office manager for more = than 20 years, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Fishing Cos. Tell Justices Chevron Defere= nce 'Deeply Flawed'

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By Madeline Lyskawa

Fishing company Seafreeze Fleet LL= C and its subsidiaries have called on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a = decades-old doctrine instructing lower courts to defer to federal agencies'= interpretations of ambiguous laws, arguing the doctrine is "deeply flawed"= by two "significant constitutional shortcomings."

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SEC Defends Voting Disclosure Changes Bef= ore 5th Circ.

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By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Securities and Exchange C= ommission has defended its 2022 rule requiring the disclosure of certain ca= tegories of proxy votes, telling the Fifth Circuit its "common-sense amendm= ents" merely make information more accessible to investors and more easily = analyzed.

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SEC Sues Transportation Cos., Atty Over A= lleged EB-5 Fraud

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By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange C= ommission on Tuesday sued the owner of various New York transportation comp= anies as well as an immigration attorney and her firm for allegedly selling= unregistered securities, including to those seeking permanent residency th= rough an immigrant investor program.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

American Board of Trial Advoca= tes

Apple Inc.

Burger King Holdings Inc.

Center for Biological Divers= ity Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

Google LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

Mazars LLP

Mechanical Contrac= tors Association of America

Natural Resources Defense Coun= cil

New Civil Liberties Alliance

New York City Bar Association

NuRide Transportation Group LLC<= /a>

Spotify Technology SA

State Bar of California

Trump Organization Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.


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LAW = FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Mona Shah & Associates

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Womble Bond

Woods Rogers

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Illinois Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

Michigan Attorney General'= s Office

National Oceanic = and Atmospheric Administration

Nevada Gaming Control Board

New Jersey Attorney General&= #39;s Office

New York Attorney General'= s Office

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Attorney&= #39;s Office for the District of Delaware

U.S. Attorne= y's Office for the District of New Jersey

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Co= urt of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals = for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeal= s for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals = for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S= . District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. D= istrict Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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